ICs (Integrated Circuits), Chips, SoCs, Semiconductor Products News

Panasonic Develops World's First Single-Chip Signal Processing LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players
May 21, 2008 – Panasonic, the brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial (Tokyo:6752)(NYSE:MC) is known, has developed the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) player-specific single-chip signal processing LSI (MN2WS006), in response to the latest BD standards.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Semiconductor

NEC Electronics Introduces Cost-effective EMMA Digital SoCs for Next-Generation H.264 Video Standard
May 21, 2008 – NEC (TSE: 6723) has introduced two new image-processing solutions based on their EMMA™ platform. The new EMMA3SL/HD™ and EMMA3SL/SD™ devices enable users to build set-top boxes (STBs) or Digital TVs with next-generation H.264 video compression.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Microtune's New Multi-Standard 1-GHz Tuner Supports Low-Power Consumer Equipment in All-Digital Cable Networks
May 12, 2008 – Microtune® (NASDAQ: TUNE) has unveiled a new low-power multi-standard cable tuner (MicroTuner™ MT2068) engineered to deliver superior performance, extended frequency and power efficiency for next-generation voice and data services.
News categories: Microtune, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Spreadtrum Announces SC6600V: First Single-Chip Demodulator/Decoder for CMMB-Based Mobile TV
May 7, 2008 – Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) plans to announce its new mobile TV single chip solution, the SC6600V, the first demodulator/decoder chip for CMMB-based mobile TV during the 'Asia Future TV 2008' conference.
News categories: Spreadtrum, China, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Legend Silicon Releases 3rd Generation DTV Demodulator Chip
Apr 17, 2008 – Legend Silicon has announced a new, all-mode DTV demodulator chip (LGS-8G52) for China's latest DTV standards.
News categories: Legend Silicon, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Renesas Technology Announces SH-MobileR2, Multimedia Host Processor With Integrated H.264/MPEG-4 Video Engine for Next Generation Multimedia Applications
Apr 14, 2008 – Renesas Technology America has announced the SH-MobileR2 (product name: SH7723), the latest member in the SH-Mobile series of application processors for portable multimedia systems.
News categories: Renesas, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet

Magnum Semiconductor Introduces New Dual-Channel Encoder IC for Set-Top Boxes
Apr 14, 2008 – At the National Association of Broadcasters show Magnum Semiconductor Corporation has announced the DM8803 Dual Channel MPEG-2 Encoder, targeted at set-top box (STB) and personal video recorder (PVR) applications.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Sigma Introduces Next Generation IPTV Media Processor
Apr 14, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it has begun sampling its new SMP8654 media processor SoC, designed for the next generation of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) set-top boxes.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Toshiba starts sample shipping of SpursEngine™ SE1000 high-performance stream processor
Apr 8, 2008 – Toshiba has announced the start of sample shipping of the SpursEngine™ SE1000 (SpursEngine), a high-performance stream processor integrating four Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores derived from the 'Cell Broadband Engine™' (Cell/B.E.™).
News categories: Toshiba, Digital TV, DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor